EP1582436B1 - Steering unit for an electric vehicle - Google Patents
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- EP1582436B1 EP1582436B1 EP04425160A EP04425160A EP1582436B1 EP 1582436 B1 EP1582436 B1 EP 1582436B1 EP 04425160 A EP04425160 A EP 04425160A EP 04425160 A EP04425160 A EP 04425160A EP 1582436 B1 EP1582436 B1 EP 1582436B1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16H—GEARING
- F16H25/00—Gearings comprising primarily only cams, cam-followers and screw-and-nut mechanisms
- F16H25/18—Gearings comprising primarily only cams, cam-followers and screw-and-nut mechanisms for conveying or interconverting oscillating or reciprocating motions
- F16H25/20—Screw mechanisms
- F16H25/22—Screw mechanisms with balls, rollers, or similar members between the co-operating parts; Elements essential to the use of such members
- F16H25/2204—Screw mechanisms with balls, rollers, or similar members between the co-operating parts; Elements essential to the use of such members with balls
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
- B62D15/00—Steering not otherwise provided for
- B62D15/02—Steering position indicators ; Steering position determination; Steering aids
- B62D15/021—Determination of steering angle
- B62D15/0235—Determination of steering angle by measuring or deriving directly at the electric power steering motor
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
- B62D5/00—Power-assisted or power-driven steering
- B62D5/04—Power-assisted or power-driven steering electrical, e.g. using an electric servo-motor connected to, or forming part of, the steering gear
- B62D5/0421—Electric motor acting on or near steering gear
- B62D5/0424—Electric motor acting on or near steering gear the axes of motor and final driven element of steering gear, e.g. rack, being parallel
- B62D5/0427—Electric motor acting on or near steering gear the axes of motor and final driven element of steering gear, e.g. rack, being parallel the axes being coaxial
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
- B62D5/00—Power-assisted or power-driven steering
- B62D5/04—Power-assisted or power-driven steering electrical, e.g. using an electric servo-motor connected to, or forming part of, the steering gear
- B62D5/0442—Conversion of rotational into longitudinal movement
- B62D5/0445—Screw drives
- B62D5/0448—Ball nuts
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
- Y10T74/19—Gearing
- Y10T74/19642—Directly cooperating gears
- Y10T74/19698—Spiral
- Y10T74/19702—Screw and nut
- Y10T74/19744—Rolling element engaging thread
- Y10T74/19749—Recirculating rolling elements
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Definitions
- the present invention concerns a steering unit for an electric vehicle.
- the present invention concerns a steering unit of the type including an electric motor having a tubular output shaft assembled so as to rotate around its own particular longitudinal axis; and a steering rod extending through the output shaft and connected to the same output shaft by means of a recirculating ball screw-nut screw coupling in order to move along the cited axis and to control the steering of a pair of wheels of the vehicle.
- Document GB-2388352-A which shows the preamble of claim 1, discloses a steering unit including an electric motor having a tubular output shaft assembled so as to rotate around its own particular longitudinal axis; and a steering rod extending through the output shaft and connected to the same output shaft by means of a recirculating ball screw-nut screw coupling in order to move along the cited axis and to control the steering of a pair of wheels of the vehicle.
- the screw-nut screw coupling is defined by a train of balls engaged in a recirculating track made between the output shaft and the steering rod.
- Document US-4258584-A discloses a ball circulation screw gear for a vehicle steering system comprising a tubular ball nut and a tubular worm screw extending through the ball nut and connected to the same ball nut by means of a recirculating ball screw-nut screw coupling.
- the screw-nut screw coupling is defined by a train of balls engaged in a recirculating track comprising a section defined through a ball return member inserted in the worm screw and made of two half portions doweled, glued, or welded together.
- GB 815 730 A discloses further a ball recirculation screw gear comprising a train of balls passing through a hole made through the rod.
- the purpose of the present invention is to provide a steering unit for an electric vehicle that is without the drawbacks explained above and that is both simple and economic to produce.
- a steering unit for an electric vehicle is provided according to the present invention according to the accompanying claims.
- a steering unit able to control the steering of a pair of wheels 2 of an electric vehicle of known type and not shown such as, for example, a lift truck or an electric vehicle for the transportation and the handling of objects and/or people in an airport environment.
- the unit 1 includes an external tubular frame 3 housing an electric motor 4, which includes, in turn, a stator 5 and a rotor 6 assembled inside the stator 5 to rotate, as regards the same stator 5 and through the interposition of a pair of rolling bearings 7, around its own longitudinal axis 8.
- an electric motor 4 which includes, in turn, a stator 5 and a rotor 6 assembled inside the stator 5 to rotate, as regards the same stator 5 and through the interposition of a pair of rolling bearings 7, around its own longitudinal axis 8.
- the rotor 6 is connected in an angularly fixed manner to a tubular output shaft 9, which is entirely assembled inside the frame 3 coaxially to the axis 8, it has an internal thread 10 made on a surface 11 inside the same shaft 9, and is connected by means of a screw-nut screw coupling 12 to a steering rod 13, that is assembled by means of the shaft 9 so as to protrude outside the frame 3, it has a diameter basically equal to the internal diameter of the shaft 9, and is equipped with an external thread 14 provided at its middle section.
- the coupling 12 is a recirculating ball coupling and includes a train of balls 15 engaged in a closed ring recirculating track 16 and including, in turn, a first section 17 defined between the threads 10 and 14, a second section defined by a basically rectilinear hole 18, which extends between the ends of the section 17, and is made through the rod 13 so as to form an angle a different from 90° with a reference plane P at a right angle to the axis 8, and two third connecting sections 19 of the hole 18 with the section 17.
- Each section 19 is defined by a respective guide channel 20 made in a deflector element 21 housed inside a relative seat 22, which is provided in the rod 13 so as to open outwards at an external surface of the same rod 13, and it is circumferentially offset as regards the other seat 22 by an angle of basically 180°.
- the channel 20 opens outwards at a lateral surface of the element 21, and includes a first portion 20a, which is basically parallel to the axis 8, and connects with the hole 18, and a second portion 20b, that is positioned transversely to the axis 8, connects with the section 17, and is equipped with a protrusion 23 engaged in the thread 10 and able to move the balls 15 between the section 17 and the hole 18.
- each wheel 2 is assembled on a relative wheel hub made on a first arm 24 of an equalizer 25, which is hinged to a frame 26 of the vehicle (not shown) to oscillate, as regards the frame 26 and under the force of a connecting rod 27 interposed between the rod 13 and a second arm 28 of the equalizer 25, around a fulcrum axis 29 basically vertical and transversal to the axis 8.
- the connecting rod 27 extends between two axes 30, 31 parallel to the axis 29, and of which the axis 30 is the rotation axis of the connecting rod 27 as regards the rod 13 and the axis 31 is the rotation axis of the connecting rod 27 as regards the arm 28.
- the frame 3 is limited axially by two ring-shaped gaskets 32, which are assembled coaxially to the axis 8, they are interposed between the frame 3 and the rod 13, and delimit a chamber 33 entirely containing the screw-nut screw coupling 12, i.e. the shaft 9 and the thread 14.
- the presence of the gaskets 32 allows, therefore, the lubrication of the coupling 12 exclusively during the assembly of the unit 1.
- the unit 1 is further equipped with a latching device 34 able to angularly lock the shaft 9 around the axis 8 and to prevent, therefore, the axial displacement of the rod 13 in the absence of power supply to the motor 4 allowing the vehicle (not shown) to maintain the direction of advancement held before the interruption of the electricity supply.
- the device 34 includes a ring-shaped plate 35, which is fixed to the rotor 6 at a right angle to the axis 8, it extends around the rod 13, and has a plurality of seats 36 made parallel to the axis 8 and uniformly distributed around the same axis 8.
- the device 34 further includes a pin 37, which has a longitudinal axis 38 parallel to the axis 8, and is sliding assembled inside a tubular electromagnet 39, that is fixed to the frame 3 coaxially to the axis 38, and is electrically connected to the motor 4 to keep, normally, the pin 37 in a position of release, in which the same pin 37 is positioned outside the seats 36.
- the motor 4 is equipped with a plurality of sensors (not shown), in the case in point Hall effect sensors, which are used both for the switching of the phases to be powered, as well as to control the axial position of the rod 13 avoiding the use of a resolver and/or encoder.
- the motor 4 is further equipped with an electronic control box (not shown) able to calculate the axial position of the rod 13 depending on the number of times that the permanent magnets of the rotor 6 pass in front of the cited sensors (not shown) and depending on the pitch of the threads 10 and 14.
- the steering unit 1 has certain advantages mainly arising from the fact that the realization of the recirculating track 16 is made relatively simple and economic by the presence of a hole, i.e. the hole 18, made through the rod 13 and that the deflector elements 21 are relatively strong and reliable.
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Description
- The present invention concerns a steering unit for an electric vehicle.
- In particular, the present invention concerns a steering unit of the type including an electric motor having a tubular output shaft assembled so as to rotate around its own particular longitudinal axis; and a steering rod extending through the output shaft and connected to the same output shaft by means of a recirculating ball screw-nut screw coupling in order to move along the cited axis and to control the steering of a pair of wheels of the vehicle.
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GB-2388352-A - Document
US-4258584-A discloses a ball circulation screw gear for a vehicle steering system comprising a tubular ball nut and a tubular worm screw extending through the ball nut and connected to the same ball nut by means of a recirculating ball screw-nut screw coupling. The screw-nut screw coupling is defined by a train of balls engaged in a recirculating track comprising a section defined through a ball return member inserted in the worm screw and made of two half portions doweled, glued, or welded together. -
GB 815 730 A - The known steering units of the type described above show certain drawbacks mainly arising from the fact that the realization of the recirculating ball systems used in such steering units involves relatively complex and expensive machining.
- The purpose of the present invention is to provide a steering unit for an electric vehicle that is without the drawbacks explained above and that is both simple and economic to produce.
- A steering unit for an electric vehicle is provided according to the present invention according to the accompanying claims.
- The present invention will now be described with reference to the enclosed drawings, that illustrate a non-limiting embodiment example of such, in which:
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figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the steering unit of the present invention; -
figure 2 is a first longitudinal section of the steering unit offigure 1 ; -
figure 3 is a second longitudinal section of the steering unit offigure 1 ; and -
figure 4 is a perspective view of a part offigure 2 . - With reference to
figure 1 , denoted by 1, as a whole, is a steering unit able to control the steering of a pair ofwheels 2 of an electric vehicle of known type and not shown such as, for example, a lift truck or an electric vehicle for the transportation and the handling of objects and/or people in an airport environment. - According to that illustrated in
figure 2 , the unit 1 includes an externaltubular frame 3 housing anelectric motor 4, which includes, in turn, astator 5 and arotor 6 assembled inside thestator 5 to rotate, as regards thesame stator 5 and through the interposition of a pair ofrolling bearings 7, around its ownlongitudinal axis 8. - The
rotor 6 is connected in an angularly fixed manner to atubular output shaft 9, which is entirely assembled inside theframe 3 coaxially to theaxis 8, it has aninternal thread 10 made on asurface 11 inside thesame shaft 9, and is connected by means of a screw-nut screw coupling 12 to asteering rod 13, that is assembled by means of theshaft 9 so as to protrude outside theframe 3, it has a diameter basically equal to the internal diameter of theshaft 9, and is equipped with anexternal thread 14 provided at its middle section. - The
coupling 12 is a recirculating ball coupling and includes a train ofballs 15 engaged in a closed ringrecirculating track 16 and including, in turn, afirst section 17 defined between thethreads rectilinear hole 18, which extends between the ends of thesection 17, and is made through therod 13 so as to form an angle a different from 90° with a reference plane P at a right angle to theaxis 8, and two third connecting sections 19 of thehole 18 with thesection 17. Each section 19 is defined by a respective guide channel 20 made in adeflector element 21 housed inside arelative seat 22, which is provided in therod 13 so as to open outwards at an external surface of thesame rod 13, and it is circumferentially offset as regards theother seat 22 by an angle of basically 180°. - According to that illustrated in
figure 4 , the channel 20 opens outwards at a lateral surface of theelement 21, and includes afirst portion 20a, which is basically parallel to theaxis 8, and connects with thehole 18, and asecond portion 20b, that is positioned transversely to theaxis 8, connects with thesection 17, and is equipped with aprotrusion 23 engaged in thethread 10 and able to move theballs 15 between thesection 17 and thehole 18. - With reference to
figure 1 , eachwheel 2 is assembled on a relative wheel hub made on afirst arm 24 of anequalizer 25, which is hinged to aframe 26 of the vehicle (not shown) to oscillate, as regards theframe 26 and under the force of a connectingrod 27 interposed between therod 13 and asecond arm 28 of theequalizer 25, around afulcrum axis 29 basically vertical and transversal to theaxis 8. The connectingrod 27 extends between twoaxes axis 29, and of which theaxis 30 is the rotation axis of the connectingrod 27 as regards therod 13 and theaxis 31 is the rotation axis of the connectingrod 27 as regards thearm 28. - The
frame 3 is limited axially by two ring-shaped gaskets 32, which are assembled coaxially to theaxis 8, they are interposed between theframe 3 and therod 13, and delimit achamber 33 entirely containing the screw-nut screw coupling 12, i.e. theshaft 9 and thethread 14. The presence of thegaskets 32 allows, therefore, the lubrication of thecoupling 12 exclusively during the assembly of the unit 1. - According to that illustrated in
figure 3 , the unit 1 is further equipped with alatching device 34 able to angularly lock theshaft 9 around theaxis 8 and to prevent, therefore, the axial displacement of therod 13 in the absence of power supply to themotor 4 allowing the vehicle (not shown) to maintain the direction of advancement held before the interruption of the electricity supply. - The
device 34 includes a ring-shaped plate 35, which is fixed to therotor 6 at a right angle to theaxis 8, it extends around therod 13, and has a plurality ofseats 36 made parallel to theaxis 8 and uniformly distributed around thesame axis 8. - The
device 34 further includes apin 37, which has alongitudinal axis 38 parallel to theaxis 8, and is sliding assembled inside atubular electromagnet 39, that is fixed to theframe 3 coaxially to theaxis 38, and is electrically connected to themotor 4 to keep, normally, thepin 37 in a position of release, in which thesame pin 37 is positioned outside theseats 36. - In the absence of power supply to the
motor 4 and, therefore, to theelectromagnet 39, thepin 37 is moved, under the force of aspring 40 interposed between theframe 3 and thepin 37, into a position of engagement, in which thesame pin 37 engages one of theseats 36. - The
motor 4 is equipped with a plurality of sensors (not shown), in the case in point Hall effect sensors, which are used both for the switching of the phases to be powered, as well as to control the axial position of therod 13 avoiding the use of a resolver and/or encoder. For the control of the axial position of therod 13, themotor 4 is further equipped with an electronic control box (not shown) able to calculate the axial position of therod 13 depending on the number of times that the permanent magnets of therotor 6 pass in front of the cited sensors (not shown) and depending on the pitch of thethreads - The operation of the steering unit 1 is easily deducible from that explained above and does not require further explanation.
- The steering unit 1 has certain advantages mainly arising from the fact that the realization of the
recirculating track 16 is made relatively simple and economic by the presence of a hole, i.e. thehole 18, made through therod 13 and that thedeflector elements 21 are relatively strong and reliable.
Claims (7)
- Steering unit for an electric vehicle, the steering unit comprising an electric motor (4) having a tubular output shaft (9) assembled so as to rotate around its own particular longitudinal axis (8); and a steering rod (13) assembled through said output shaft (9) and connected to the same output shaft (9) by means of a recirculating ball screw-nut screw coupling (12) in order to move along said axis (8) and control the steering of a pair of wheels (2) of the vehicle; the screw-nut screw coupling (12) comprising at least one closed ring recirculating track (16) and a train of balls (15) engaged in the same recirculating track (16), and being characterized in that the recirculating track (16) comprises, in turn, a first section (17) defined between the output shaft (9) and the steering rod (13), a second section (18) extending between the ends of the first section (17), and two third sections (19) connecting the first and the second section (17, 18) with one another, the second section (18) being defined by a hole (18), which is made through the steering rod (13), and is disposed according to an angle (a) other than 90° with respect to a reference plane (P) basically at a right angle to said axis (8); the steering unit further comprising a latching device (34) to angularly lock the output shaft (9) around said axis (8) in the absence of power supply of the electric motor (4); the latching device (34) comprising a plurality of seats (36) distributed around said axis (8) and angularly integral with said output shaft (9), at least one pin element (37) movable between an engagement position, in which the pin element (37) engages a said seat (36), and a release position, elastic pushing means (40) acting on the pin element (37) to keep the pin element (37) in said engagement position, and actuator means (39) to move the pin element (37) into said release position against the action of said elastic pushing means (40).
- Steering unit as claimed in claim 1 and further comprising two deflector elements (21) equipped with respective guide channels (20) each defining a respective said third section (19).
- Steering unit as claimed in claim 2, in which the steering rod (13) is equipped with two seats (22) opening outwards at an external surface of the same steering rod (13) and each able to house a respective one of said deflector element (21).
- Steering unit as claimed in claim 3, in which said seats (22) are circumferentially offset with respect to each other.
- Steering unit as claimed in any one of the previous claims and further comprising a tubular frame (3) able to house said electric motor (4) and two ring-shaped gaskets (32) able to axially limit the frame (3) to define, together with the same frame (3), a chamber (33) containing the whole screw-nut screw coupling (12).
- Steering unit as claimed in any one of the previous claims, in which said actuator means (39) comprise an electromagnet (39) electrically connected to said electric motor (4).
- Steering unit as claimed in any one of the previous claims, in which the electric motor (4) comprises a rotor (6) and is equipped with a plurality of Hall effect sensors for the switching of the phases to be powered and with an electronic control box able to control an axial position of said steering rod (13) depending on the number of times the permanent magnets of the rotor (6) pass in front of said sensors and on the pitch of said screw-nut screw coupling (12).
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